They wanted the ability to enrich. They wanted the ability to have some components so that they weren't completely stripped of it and We always assessed that [Iran] were either several months or a year, two years away from actually being able to develop a nuclear weapon. And that's not because the Iranians are stupid people. I think we can, we can tell right now that the Iranians are anything but stupid. (32:11–32:19)
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Asserts that assessments indicated Iran was months to years away from developing a nuclear weapon.
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